Hectorville is a small suburb of

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in the City of Campbelltown, one of eight suburbs within the city. The public primary school, East Torrens Primary and Catholic primary school, St Joseph's School, Hectorville, is located within the suburb.

History

The suburb was laid out by P. B. Coglin in 1855 on land he owned, and named for John Hector (c. 1788 – 31 July 1863), accountant of the

Savings Bank of South Australia The Savings Bank of South Australia was a bank founded in the colony of South Australia in 1848, based in Adelaide. In the early 20th century it established a presence in schools by setting up a special category of savings accounts for schoolch ...

. The first house in Hectorville was built by Price Maurice in 1849 next to Fourth Creek. The land was sold and became a suburb in 1855. Hectorville's original Catholic parish church was built in 1863.

Thomas Binns Robson Thomas Binns Robson (21 September 1843 – 22 April 1925) was a fruitgrower in South Australia, known for his introduction into the colony of the fig wasp Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage in ...

purchased 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land at Hectorville, naming it "Ellythorp" and established extensive orchards and vineyards for fresh and dried fruit production. On 29 April 2011, Hectorville was the scene of the

2011 Hectorville siege The 2011 Hectorville siege took place between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Friday, 29 April 2011, at the small suburb of Hectorville, east of Adelaide in the state of South Australia, Australia. It began after a 39-year-old ...

, in which a gunman shot dead three members of a family, as well as wounding two police officers, one critically.

Notable people

* Australian singer/songwriter

Greg Champion Greg Champion (born 1955) is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, and radio personality. Biography Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often ...

grew up in Hectorville, after moving from

Benalla Benalla is a small city in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town sits on the Broken River (Victoria), Broken River, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. As of the , the population wa ...

References

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